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Howard Lydecker

Profession Special effects, Visual effects, Assistant director

special effects

368 Credits
U-238 and the Witch Doctor
Target: Sea of China
Sombra, the Spider Woman
Slaves of the Invisible Monster
Sharad of Atlantis
Retik, the Moon Menace
Jungle Gold
Golden Hands of Kurigal
D-Day on Mars
Cyclotrode 'X'
Black Dragon of Manzanar
The Baron's African War
Missile Monsters
Satan's Satellites
Spoilers of the Forest
Hell's Crossroads
Duel at Apache Wells
Affair in Reno
Battle Shock
Accused of Murder
Lisbon
Thunder over Arizona
The Man Is Armed
A Strange Adventure
Dakota Incident
Terror at Midnight
Stranger at My Door
The Maverick Queen
When Gangland Strikes
Come Next Spring
Jaguar
The Fighting Chance
Flame of the Islands
The Vanishing American
A Man Alone
Headline Hunters
No Man's Woman
The Last Command
Lay That Rifle Down
King of the Carnival
Double Jeopardy
The Road to Denver
City of Shadows
I Cover the Underworld
Santa Fe Passage
The Eternal Sea
Timberjack
Carolina Cannonball
The Claw Monsters
Hell's Outpost
The Atomic Kid
The Man with the Steel Whip
Tobor the Great
The Outcast
Johnny Guitar
Untamed Heiress
The Shanghai Story
Make Haste to Live
Phantom Stallion
Jubilee Trail
Trader Tom of the China Seas
Geraldine
Red River Shore
Flight Nurse
Sea of Lost Ships
El Paso Stampede
Champ for a Day
Bandits of the West
Sweethearts on Parade
Missile Base at Taniak
City That Never Sleeps
A Perilous Journey
The Lady Wants Mink
Woman They Almost Lynched
Old Overland Trail
Commando Cody
San Antone
Marshal of Cedar Rock
Fair Wind to Java
Jungle Drums of Africa
Ride the Man Down
Thunderbirds
Montana Belle
South Pacific Trail
WAC from Walla Walla
Toughest Man in Arizona
Desperadoes' Outpost
Tropical Heat Wave
Old Oklahoma Plains
Woman of the North Country
Zombies of the Stratosphere
I Dream of Jeanie
The Quiet Man
Bal Tabarin
Black Hills Ambush
Wild Horse Ambush
Border Saddlemates
Oklahoma Annie
Leadville Gunslinger
Hoodlum Empire
The Last Musketeer
Colorado Sundown
Captive of Billy the Kid
Radar Men from the Moon
The Wild Blue Yonder
Desert of Lost Men
Street Bandits
The Sea Hornet
Utah Wagon Train
South of Caliente
Havana Rose
Arizona Manhunt
Fort Dodge Stampede
Honeychile
Lost Planet Airmen
Rodeo King and the Senorita
Government Agents vs. Phantom Legion
The Dakota Kid
Secrets of Monte Carlo
Million Dollar Pursuit
Wells Fargo Gunmaster
In Old Amarillo
Buckaroo Sheriff of Texas
The Bullfighter and the Lady
Fighting Coast Guard
Thunder in God's Country
Heart of the Rockies
Insurance Investigator
Cuban Fireball
Oh! Susanna
Silver City Bonanza
Night Riders of Montana
Missing Women
Spoilers of the Plains
Rough Riders of Durango
Belle Le Grand
Trail of Robin Hood
California Passage
The Missourians
Under Mexicali Stars
North of the Great Divide
Rio Grande
Flying Disc Man from Mars
Rustlers on Horseback
Hit Parade of 1951
Sunset in the West
Redwood Forest Trail
Surrender
Frisco Tornado
The Showdown
Vigilante Hideout
Desperadoes of the West
Jungle Stampede
Covered Wagon Raid
Trigger Jr.
The Avengers
Hills of Oklahoma
Destination Big House
The Savage Horde
Twilight in the Sierras
The Invisible Monster
Salt Lake Raiders
Rock Island Trail
The Capture
The Arizona Cowboy
The Vanishing Westerner
Harbor of Missing Men
Code of the Silver Sage
House by the River
Federal Agent at Large
Borderline
Tarnished
Singing Guns
Gunmen of Abilene
Unmasked
Bells of Coronado
Sands of Iwo Jima
Radar Patrol vs. Spy King
The Golden Stallion
San Antone Ambush
Flame of Youth
The Fighting Kentuckian
Down Dakota Way
Bandit King of Texas
Brimstone
The Red Menace
Flaming Fury
South of Rio
Too Late for Tears
Hellfire
Law of the Golden West
Frontier Investigator
Susanna Pass
Streets of San Francisco
Prince of the Plains
Ghost of Zorro
Hideout
The Last Bandit
Daughter of the Jungle
Sheriff of Wichita
Wake of the Red Witch
The Far Frontier
Grand Canyon Trail
Angel on the Amazon
The Plunderers
Son of God's Country
Desperadoes of Dodge City
Out of the Storm
Moonrise
Night Time in Nevada
Macbeth
Angel in Exile
Sons of Adventure
Marshal of Amarillo
Eyes of Texas
Train to Alcatraz
The Timber Trail
I, Jane Doe
The Gallant Legion
Under California Stars
Heart of Virginia
Old Los Angeles
The Bold Frontiersman
California Firebrand
Lightnin' in the Forest
Dangers of the Canadian Mounted
Madonna of the Desert
Oklahoma Badlands
The Gay Ranchero
Bandits of Dark Canyon
Under Colorado Skies
The Flame
The Fabulous Texan
The Black Widow
On the Old Spanish Trail
The Wild Frontier
Driftwood
Wyoming
Springtime in the Sierras
Robin Hood of Texas
Rustlers of Devil's Canyon
Northwest Outpost
Web of Danger
Jesse James Rides Again
Saddle Pals
That's My Man
Oregon Trail Scouts
Spoilers of the North
Bells of San Angelo
Homesteaders of Paradise Valley
Hit Parade of 1947
The Ghost Goes Wild
Apache Rose
Angel and the Badman
Calendar Girl
Trail to San Antone
That Brennan Girl
Heldorado
Sioux City Sue
Santa Fe Uprising
Plainsman and the Lady
The Magnificent Rogue
The Crimson Ghost
Home in Oklahoma
Roll on Texas Moon
Rio Grande Raiders
Earl Carroll Sketchbook
GI War Brides
The Last Crooked Mile
Conquest of Cheyenne
Daughter of Don Q
Rendezvous with Annie
My Pal Trigger
Night Train to Memphis
The Man from Rainbow Valley
One Exciting Week
Valley of the Zombies
The El Paso Kid
Passkey to Danger
Rainbow Over Texas
In Old Sacramento
King of the Forest Rangers
The Catman of Paris
Home on the Range
Alias Billy the Kid
The Undercover Woman
Murder in the Music Hall
Song of Arizona
The Madonna's Secret
The Phantom Rider
Gay Blades
An Angel Comes to Brooklyn
Mexicana
Colorado Pioneers
The Tiger Woman
Girls of the Big House
Rough Riders of Cheyenne
Dakota
Scotland Yard Investigator
Sunset in El Dorado
The Fatal Witness
Behind City Lights
Phantom of the Plains
Tell It to a Star
The Purple Monster Strikes
The Cheaters
Oregon Trail
Trail of Kit Carson
Road to Alcatraz
Federal Operator 99
Man from Oklahoma
Bells of Rosarita
Corpus Christi Bandits
Earl Carroll's Vanities
Captain Mephisto and the Transformation Machine
Flame of Barbary Coast
Grissly's Millions
Lake Placid Serenade
Zorro's Black Whip
Haunted Harbor
War of the Wildcats
Silver Spurs
Sakima and the Masked Marvel
Secret Service in Darkest Africa
Daredevils of the West
Chatterbox
The Purple V
G-Men vs. the Black Dragon
King of the Mounties
Flying Tigers
Nyoka and the Tigermen
Remember Pearl Harbor
The Girl from Alaska
Spy Smasher
Heart of the Rio Grande
Dick Tracy vs. Crime, Inc.
Doctors Don't Tell
Jungle Girl
The Great Train Robbery
Mysterious Dr. Satan
King of the Royal Mounted
Three Faces West
Adventures of Red Ryder: Horsemen of Death
Women in War
Drums of Fu Manchu
Thou Shalt Not Kill
Dick Tracy's G-Men
Flight at Midnight
Daredevils of the Red Circle
Man of Conquest
Hawk of the Wilderness
Storm over Bengal
Dick Tracy Returns
The Fighting Devil Dogs
Born to Be Wild
Zorro Rides Again
S.O.S. Coast Guard
The Painted Stallion
Paradise Express
Dick Tracy
Robinson Crusoe of Mystery Island
Undersea Kingdom
The House of a Thousand Candles
Man of the Frontier
Batmen of Africa
One Frightened Night
The Miracle Rider
The Phantom Empire

special effects coordinator

1 Credit
The Underwater City

special effects supervisor

2 Credits
Damn the Defiant!
Lady for a Night

supervisor

1 Credit
Sink the Bismarck!

special photographic effects

14 Credits
The Red Pony
Along the Oregon Trail
Marshal of Cripple Creek
The Vampire's Ghost
Call of the Yukon
Tora! Tora! Tora!
Doctor Dolittle
Way...Way Out
Lost in Space
Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea
Our Man Flint
The Flight of the Phoenix
Run Silent Run Deep
I've Always Loved You

miniatures

4 Credits
Out California Way
The Inner Circle
Along the Navajo Trail
Traffic in Crime

special visual effects

1 Credit
J-Men Forever

miniature and mechanical effects

1 Credit
Invaders from Mars

special optical effects

1 Credit
Don't Fence Me In

matte paintings

1 Credit
The Big Bonanza

second unit director

1 Credit
Brazil

second unit

1 Credit
The Fighting Seabees

consultant

1 Credit
20,000 Leagues Under the Sea

special properties

1 Credit
Radio Ranch